CCP9 - Computational Electronic Structure of Condensed Matter

CCP9 Conference Programme

Wednesday 3rd September

18.00 - 19.30 REGISTRATION OPEN Robinson College Bar

Thursday 4th September

08.30 - 09.00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE Lecture Theatre Foyer 
 09.00 - 10.00  

Plenary: Hardy Gross

 

Ab-Initio Theory of Superconductivity
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
10.00 - 10.25 Neil Drummond

Quantum Monte Carlo Studies of the Two-Dimensional Homogeneous Electron Gas
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
10.30 - 10.55 Leon Petit

Large Scale Calculations of Materials Properties Through Grid Applications
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
       
11.00 - 11.30 COFFEE Lecture Theatre Foyer
       
11.30 - 11.55 Marcus Neumann

From Dispersion Corrected DFT to Tailor-Made Force Fields - Accurate Lattice Energy Calculations for Crystal Structure Prediction
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
12.00 - 12.25 Dario Alfe

Melting of Iron at Earth's Core Conditions from Quantum Monte Carlo Free Energy Calculation
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
       
12.30 - 15.30 LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION Lecture Theatre Foyer
       
 15.30 - 16.30  

Plenary: Vladimir Anisimov

 

Density Functional and Dynamical Mean-Field Theory (DFT+DMFT) Method and its Applications to Correlation Effects in Electronic Structure of Real Materials
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
16.30 - 16.55 Robert Laskowski

h-BN Nanomesh on Transition Metal Surfaces
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
17.00 - 17.25 Jonathan Yates

Atomic Espionage: J-Resolved NMR Spectroscopy
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
       
17.30 MEETING CLOSES FOR THE DAY

Friday 5th September

09.00 - 10.00

Plenary: Gustavo Scuseria

Screened Hybrid Functionals for Solid-State Physics and Chemistry
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
10.00 - 10.25

Hubert Ebert

A Self-Consistent Relativistic Implementation of the LSDA+DMFT-Scheme and its Application in Spectroscopy
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
10.30 - 10.55

Massimiliano Stengel

Dielectric, Piezoelectric and Magnetoelectric Properties via First-Principles Calculations at Constant Electric Displacement
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
       
11.00 - 11.30 COFFEE Lecture Theatre Foyer
       
11.30 - 12.30

Plenary: Nicola Marzari

DFT Challenges in Catalysis and Electrochemistry
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
       
12.30 - 15.00 LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION Lecture Theatre Foyer
       
15.00 - 16.00  

Plenary: David Ceperley

 

Simulation of Dense Hydrogen Using Coupled-Electron Ion Monte Carlo
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
16.00 - 16.25

Keith Refson

Plane-Wave Optimised Effective Potential Studies of Transition-Metal Oxides
[Abstract] [Talk]

Lecture Theatre
       
16.30 MEETING CLOSES - COFFEE AVAILABLE